TNPSC Current Affairs – Oct.04, 2016 (04/10/2016)

RELIANCE JOIN TOGETHER IN RAFALE

Reliance group signed a agreement with Dassault Aviation of France where our Indian Government already agreed to buy 36 Rafale Fighter Jets.

It will be named Dassault Reliance Aerospace after Reliance joined together.

Intra – BRICS TRADE FAIR

Inorder to encourage the trade, India will for the first time organize a TRADE FAIR AMONG BRICS NATIONS.

It will be organized from october 12 to october 14, in the National Capital New Delhi.

DBT SCHEME FOR JHARKHAND

Jharkhand becomes the first state to implement the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme in Kerosene.

This scheme is implemented in Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara districts in Jharkhand from 1st october, 2016.

About this Scheme:

Under this scheme, PDS kerosene is being sold at non subsidised price and subsidy is being transferred to consumers directly into their bank accounts.

It used to rationalising subsidy and eliminate subsidy leakages.

SHYAMJI KRISHNA VARMA’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

October 4 is the birth anniversary of shyamji krishna varma.

About him:

Shyamji Krishna varma was an Indian revolutionary fighter, lawyer and journalist.

He founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.

An admirer of Dayanand Saraswati’s approach of cultural nationalism, and of Herbert Spencer, Krishna

Varma believed in Spencer’s dictum: “Resistance to aggression is not simply justified, but imperative”.

Shyamji Krishan was also an admirer of Lokmanya Tilak and supported him during the Age of Consent bill controversy of 1890. However, he rejected the petitioning, praying, protesting, cooperating and collaborating policy of the Congress Party.